Sheils Earns Second Big Ten Weekly Award

Nebraska's Madeleine Sheils captured her second Big Ten Women's Golfer-of-the-Week award in the past three weeks, when she claimed the honor on Wednesday, Oct. 19.

Sheils, a senior from Boise, Idaho, posted her second top-five finish in the past three tournaments by tying for fourth in a 77-player field at the Hoosier Fall Invitational in Carmel, Ind., Oct. 17-18. Sheils produced a three-round total of 225 that included a final-round 72 to help the Huskers to a fourth-place team finish at the 13-team event.

Sheils owns three top-10 finishes for the Huskers this season and has finished in the top 20 in all four of Nebraska's fall events. She leads the Huskers with a 74.58 stroke average with three of her 12 rounds at par or better. She became the first Nebraska golfer in history to win the Big Ten's weekly award on Oct. 6, following her tournament win at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash., Oct. 3-5. Sheils' performance in Washington included a school-record-tying 67 on her way to a career-best three-round score of 214.

Sheils joins Michigan State's Caroline Powers as the only two women's golfers so far this season to win the conference's weekly award on two occasions.

2011-12 Big Ten Women's Golfers of the Week

• Sept. 15        Rosie Davies, Jr., Indiana
• Sept. 22        Caroline Powers, Jr., Michigan State
• Sept. 28        Alex Lederhausen, Sr., Northwestern
                       Jessie Gerry, Sr., Wisconsin
• Oct. 6            Madeleine Sheils, Sr., Nebraska
• Oct. 12          Caroline Powers, Jr., Michigan State
• Oct. 19          Madeleine Sheils, Sr., Nebraska